Andrew Michael Tracy Bio Info

Andrew Michael Tracy...He and his wife, Tiffany, have a son, Cooper...Graduated from Bowling Green High School where he played baseball, football and basketball...Played collegiately at Bowling Green State University, where he also played football...shares the school record for
career home runs with 45...hit 4 home runs on May 10, 1995 vs. Wright State...was also a 4-year letter-winner on the
BGSU football team as a punter/kicker.2010Spent the season with Triple-A Lehigh Valley...was named the first base starter for the midseason IL All-Star Team...Led Phillies farmhands with 68 walks...Finished second in the International League in walks and tied for fourth with 80 RBI...Went 4-for-4 with 2 runs scored, 2 doubles and a triple on June 23 @ Norfolk...Hit .355 (33-for-93) with 23 runs scored, 8 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 19 RBI in 30 games during June.2009Spent the season with Lehigh Valley (AAA) and was
named to the International League postseason
All-Star team...Led the IL in walks (74), finished 2nd in HR (26) and RBI
(96) and 4th in runs (76)...Led all IL 1st basemen in fielding % (.992)...9 of his 26 HR gave Lehigh Valley the lead...Named IL Player of the Week, 6/15-21 (.381, 3 HR,
10 RBI)...Homered in 3 straight games, 8/20-21...Had his contract selected on 9/9...Made his lone start of the season, 10/4 at FLA, at 1st
base and hit his 1st triple since 2000...Went 4-for-8 (.500) as a pinch-hitter for the Phillies.2008Began the season with Lehigh Valley...Finished 2nd in the International League in doubles
(34) and T-5th in RBI (85)...Led all IL 1st basemen in fielding % (.997) and did not
commit an error through his first 57 games...Named IL Batter of the Week twice, 6/23-29 (.520,
13-25, 2 HR, 6 RBI) and 8/4-10 (.526, 10-19, 4 HR, 8 RBI)...Earned Phillies Minor League Player of the Month
honors for June after hitting .446 (37-83) with 4 HR
and 18 RBI in 25 games...Had a season-high 5 RBI, 5/16 vs Norwich, and back-toback
4-RBI games, 7/12 at Syracuse and 7/17 vs
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...Had a season-best 11-game hit streak (.310, 13-42,
2 HR, 7 RBI), 4/27-5/8...Had 31 multi-hit games, including eight with 3 or
more hits...Hit the 1st HR in Lehigh Valley history on 4/4 at
Scranton; also had the 1st 4-hit game, 4/16 at Toledo...Had his contract purchased on 8/23 and was
designated for assignment on 8/27 (Andrew Carpenter
contract purchased)...Was recalled on 9/2...Drove in a run with a sac fly, 9/7 at NYM (gm 2)...Finished the season with the Phillies but did not play
due to a fractured 5th metacarpal on his left hand.2007Spent the season with New Orleans (AAA)...Led the team in games (135), at-bats (472), HR (23) and
walks (89)...Set season highs in hits (5) and runs (4), 4/24 at
Albuquerque...Batted .600 (6-10), 2 HR, 20 RBI with the bases loaded...Played for Licey in the Dominican Winter League.2006Was a non-roster invitee to spring training with BAL...Spent the season with Ottawa (AAA)...Finished 3rd in the International League in walks (69)...Homered in back-to-back games twice: 5/19-20 and
6/13-14.2005Opened the season in AAA Colorado Springs and hit safely in 8 of the 12 contests before his contract was sold to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on April 21...Spent the remainder of the season playing in Japan.2004Had a monster season at Colorado Springs (AAA), batting .315 with 42 doubles, 33 home runs and 120 RBI
in 126 games...His 120 RBI led the Pacific Coast League and set a Rockies minor league record, besting the mark
of 115 set by Asheville's Derrick Gibson in 1995...Only four other minor leaguers collected more RBI in 2004...
Tracy also led the PCL with 78 extra-base hits and 293 total bases...His 33 home runs ranked second in the PCL
and his 42 doubles tied for second...He ranked third in slugging percentage (.631) and fifth in runs scored (98)...
Was a September call-up by the Rockies, playing in 15 games with one start...13 of his 16 at-bats came as a pinch
hitter, where he was 1-for-13...Ripped a pinch-hit double off Eric Gagne on 9/17 vs. Los Angeles, his first hit since
6/13/01 at Yankee Stadium, when he singled off Roger Clemens...Started at third base in game one of 9/23 DH vs.
Arizona, his first start since 6/13/01 (as DH) and first in the field since 6/10/01 at Baltimore (3B)...Had 2 hits and a
RBI in that 9/23 contest, his first multi-hit game since 10/10/2000 at Shea Stadium and first RBI since 6/1/01 vs.
Philadelphia.2003Opened the season in the Mets organization but was released 4/9 and signed with Colorado 4/25...He reported to Tulsa (AA) and went on to lead the Texas League with a .563 slugging percentage...Averaged one home run every 15.35 at-bats, tops in the league, while his 25HR overall finished third.2002Spent the entire year with the Mets' Triple A affiliate, Norfolk, playing in 125 games while splitting action between third base (71) and first (44)...Was claimed off waivers by the Mets on 3/27.2001Made the Expos' Opening Day roster and played in four big league games (1-for-4) before getting optioned to Ottawa (AAA) on 4/13...Recalled 4/26 and spent the next six weeks in the majors, primarily as a pinch hitter...He went 5-for-51 (.098) after his second recall and had just a .109 average in 39 ML games overall before being sent back to Ottawa on 6/14.2000A non-roster invitee to Montreal's Spring Training, Andy began the year at Ottawa (AAA) and had his contract purchased by the Expos on April 21...made his Major League debut April 25 at Colorado and delivered a pinch-hit RBI single off Julian Tavarez in his first Major League at-bat...it was actually the first pitch he saw in the big leagues...was optioned back to Ottawa on May 1 and recalled again May 10...made his first career start May 12 vs. the Cubs (third base)...two days later, May 14 vs. the Cubs, he hit his first career home run off Ismael Valdez...optioned to Triple-A on June 2 and recalled July 15 after Rondell White was placed on the DL...stayed up in the Majors the remainder of the season...on July 23 at Florida, Andy went 3-for-4 with two walks, a grand slam and seven RBIs...the seven runs knocked in matched Montreal's club record for most RBI by a rookie set by Rondell White, July 24, 1994 vs. Los Angeles.1999Named Eastern League MVP after hitting .274 with 26 doubles, 37 homers and 128 RBIs for
Harrisburg (AA)...was honored by the league as a postseason All-Star and named to the Topps Triple-A All-Star squad as DH...his homers were the most in Harrisburg history, second in the league and the fifth in all of minor league baseball...led the league in RBIs, total bases (276) and extra-base hits (65).1998Played in 133 games between Jupiter (A) and Harrisburg (AAA), belting 21 homers and 86 RBIs.1997Hit at a career high .300 (63-for-210) with Class A Cape Fear.1996In his first professional season, spent the entire year with Short-A Vermont.